More than three dozen environmental groups asked the federal government Thursday to release at least five packs of Mexican gray wolves in New Mexico to bolster the genetics of the endangered predators.
The groups sent a letter to Interior Secretary Sally Jewell and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe.
The request came after New Mexico wildlife officials declined to issue permits to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for releases earlier this year in Gila National Forest. The agency also was denied a permit that would’ve cleared the way for more cross-fostering of captive pups by pairs in the wild.
The groups asked for federal officials to consult with independent scientists as well as state and local government entities to come up with a multi-year schedule for releasing wolves to address inbreeding within the wild population.
“Scientists warn that the lack of timely releases of wolves to the wild jeopardizes the recovery of this unique subspecies of the gray wolf and may doom it to extinction through inbreeding depression,” the letter states...more
The CBD release is here and the letter is here.
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It appears that Pegasus Global Holdings is resurrecting its questionable fake city project. The story below examines the truth. It appears that the Pegasus managing director Robert Brumley has nothing else to do but spread rumors, or he is looking for investors. Pegasus has no money for such a project, and it has nothing to do with the National Monument.
http://cityobservatory.org/fake-city-flawed-thinking/
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